Good answer in the FAQ, but now left me with another question.
This statement "so long as those actions are not listed in that ship’s action bar" is this meant to refer to the upgrade card being in the action bar, or the action in the upgrade card being in the action bar, such as Yssane Isaards ability providing an evade action on a firespray?
Oh my...nevermind. I just read further in the FAQ. This is completely different than what the general consensus does. Hrm.
what it is saying is that if the action is listed in your action bar you cannot use Ysanne - if it's not you can
Ysanne is an interesting case because she allows ships who do not have the evade action listed in their action bar to perform the evade action - but also works on ships that do have the action in their action bar (and a crew slot) - so Damaged Sensor Array will work differently depending on which ship takes the crit.
DS will block her ability on Firesprays but not on Decimators
It means situations like Isaard on a firespray or advanced cloak on phantoms. It is now clear that DSA does, in fact, stop those upgrades from working on those ships.
what it is saying is that if the action is listed in your action bar you cannot use Ysanne - if it's not you can
Ysanne is an interesting case because she allows ships who do not have the evade action listed in their action bar to perform the evade action - but also works on ships that do have the action in their action bar (and a crew slot) - so Damaged Sensor Array will work differently depending on which ship takes the crit.
DS will block her ability on Firesprays but not on Decimators
Agreed, but she's not the only thing it affects. It will affect Jake Farrell as he won't be able to boost if he gets a focus token from like Garven or Kyle, though at that point it's doubtful Jake would be around long after. Changes a lot for DSA.
What a strange rules interaction. Isard works after a Damaged Sensor Array on a VT-49, but not on a Firespray-31.
It's a very precise reading of the critical effect, but one that leads to all sorts of silly situations. Easy enough to explain, at least.
The cards interact purely on RAW, then. Which is nice. For once, we can just do exactly what the cards say and the situation sorts itself out.
The cards interact purely on RAW, then. Which is nice. For once, we can just do exactly what the cards say and the situation sorts itself out.
Its a weird situation, but I agree--this ruling has the enormous advantage of being clear and easy to explain and carry out at the table.